Where does “vavanjalka” come from?

vavanjalka (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian jalka, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

vavanjalka (Ingrian): leg of a drying rack for fishing nets

Definitions

  1. leg of a drying rack for fishing nets

Ancestry of “vavanjalka”, step by step

vavanjalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianjalkaleg
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Ingrian vapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvapadrying rack for fishing nets
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*vapa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →